Marius Dumitru Florea wrote:
> Vincent Massol wrote:
>> On Oct 27, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea wrote:
>>
>>> Hi devs,
>>>
>>> Let's consider the following scenario:
>>>
>>> * Edit a new page with the new WYSIWYG editor.
>>> * Type a word like "ubuntu".
>>> * Move the caret inside the word like "ubu|ntu".
>>> * Press the Bold button or type CTRL+B.
>>>
>>> Question: What is the expected behavior?
>>>
>>> a) Apply the inline style (bold) only to the insertion point. The next
>>> letters typed will have this style applied.
>>> b) Apply the inline style (bold) to the word that contains the  
>>> insertion
>>> point ("ubuntu").
>>>
>>> Note: b) is the current behavior in Open Office and IE. FF behaves  
>>> as in
>>> a). The behavior currently implemented in the new WYSIWYG editor is  
>>> a).
>>>
>>> Also, by choosing b) I avoid the use of the special space character in
>>> IE (see my previous mail), but I have to re-implement the current
>>> behavior of the new WYSIWYG. I need around 2 days for it. Of course,  
>>> it
>>> will work for any inline style like bold, italic etc.
>>>
>>> I'm +1 for b)
>> The third choice is to have a different behavior for FF and IE.
>>
>> Since I don't think we need to bold only a portion of word (I can't  
>> think of a real world use case for it), I'd also prefer b)  

of what I understood you _can_ bold only a portion of a word: type the whole 
word, select your piece of it and click bold. The pb is only if you'd like to 
start typing bold in the middle of a word (in which case you'd need to position 
inside, click bold and start typing).

>> (independently of the problem of implementing a) for IE).
>>
>> Just to be sure, if I type the following:
>> * Type "hello"
>> * Hit space
>> * click on bold
>> * type "world"
>>
>> Will "world" be in bold?
> 
> Definitely. This is what Open Office does. If you are inside a word it 
> bolds that word, otherwise you start typing bold.
> 
>> Thanks
>> -Vincent
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